“Suppose someone took every meaningful detail from all the books you love. Every song mentioned, every person, every food or place or movie title. And what if they did that for all the books everyone else loves, too.”

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Suppose I never got anything done ever again. No showering, dishes, work, or eating. And what if this went on and on until I was institutionalized or died of exposure. If this thing works, I could be in real trouble. (via TNBCC)

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“In the end, what’s any good reader really hoping for? That spark. That spell. That journey.”

Well, yea, of course. All of these things, plus a reason not to talk to other people.

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“About half of them have close to 100 customer reviews, a number that’s hard to achieve through word of mouth alone, especially for books that aren’t high sellers. Interesting.”

In an otherwise near-glowing overview of Amazon’s burgeoning publishing initiatives, this little nugget was conspicuously uninvestigated. In the implication that Amazon is paying/otherwise inducing people to write reviews for their own books? Or are they faking them? This coy “interesting” is either withholding, or trying to indict without any explantation or evidence.

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Happy Sunday. See you bright and early tomorrow.

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